Huddersfield post match thoughts.

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

I think they are living in the hope that the injury crisis will subside, we'll win 6 or 7 of our remaining games, survive comfortably and the MH furore will all blow over.

Unfortunately, living in hope is what the fans are supposed to do, not the executive management of a multi-million pound business.

It's like the Titanic, waiting for the Iceberg to hit.
In my case Fridge-freezer falling on me.

[UlleyMiller]

I think they are living in the hope that the injury crisis will subside, we'll win 6 or 7 of our remaining games, survive comfortably and the MH furore will all blow over.

Unfortunately, living in hope is what the fans are supposed to do, not the executive management of a multi-million pound business.

You may be right, but we're all left speculating because of the quiet Bill isn't happy with. I don't remember us ever having an open-doors, transparent club though (and I'd see as many pitfalls as positives if we did), so this is just what we're left with.

This is not meant to be facetious, just to be clear, but I'd suggest that:
1) TS is slightly insulated from the extremity of the noise in forums and general mood of some of our fans, so wouldn't be weighing up the furore some of us witness.
2) Football management is always going to be different to other businesses because the element of hope is a part of the process - otherwise there would be a pretty straightforward model for all to follow and the differentiators would be purely revenue/fanbase size driven. Decades of football since transfer fees and wages took hold suggest every club will have ups and downs.
3) The executive management is one deep. This means everything off the pitch boils down to things like that person's frame of mind and other board members having his ear at the right time.

It's still amazing to me that (generally) businesses wouldn't carry employees in senior roles far past the age of retirement, but that it's generally accepted that business owners (and many senior leaders in politics etc) are suitable to carry on into their 80s. If a 70 year old guy greets you on the way into a supermarket you typically find people around them are anywhere from slightly sympathetic to mocking... but roll on ten years in a different environment and the situation we're in is apparently sane.

TS could roll off into the sunset with a secured legacy at any point, and I'm in the number who are grateful for what he's done... but I've not met many people of his years who are open minded, welcoming of fresh ideas, or who would be self-critical enough to think that their achievements years earlier need to be put aside because the model that delivered them is no longer fit for purpose.

I think a transition off the pitch is at least as, if not more, important than any changes in the dugout. League 2 feels inevitable, and I'm not massively concerned by that. But if I'm being brutally honest, setting off in L2 with MH and new ownership feels less concerning than heading into the summer with TS, no MH and the hope we'll find the next suitable manager. (A holistic change would be ideal, but between the two...)

[RU66]

No point posting about it till something changes. Fans shouted Evans out I'd swap position he left us in for today's. Hamshaw his recruitment how bad is it! Starting with the centre backs. Agbaire doesn't look switched on. Adeboyega passes ball to the opposition. Only Baptist who keeps fit adds to the squad. Signing kids up front when we needed a physical presence there.

[Old_time_miller]

Due to injuries mainly, L2 looks very likely. Other teams do not pick up points for a few games as we get players returning and keep going, it may change.

[Derbymiller]

How has the injuries been the cause of the players on the pitch not scoring that is our first choice strike force? How have injuries caused MH to not have Ayres available or to give more time to a proven goalscorer more time on the pitch. Injuries are not something that only impacts Rotherham, injuries are something that the club could do more to manage and injuries are another excuse from a manager that has blamed the fans, the pitch, the referees and it won't be long before the war with Iran is on his list, he takes no responsibility and the club have made him think he is Teflon

[MillerBill]

How has the injuries been the cause of the players on the pitch not scoring that is our first choice strike force? How have injuries caused MH to not have Ayres available or to give more time to a proven goalscorer more time on the pitch. Injuries are not something that only impacts Rotherham, injuries are something that the club could do more to manage and injuries are another excuse from a manager that has blamed the fans, the pitch, the referees and it won't be long before the war with Iran is on his list, he takes no responsibility and the club have made him think he is Teflon

Unfortunately, under the present ownership,no money will be spent on rectifying these problems.

[Heliosphan78]

Due to injuries mainly, L2 looks very likely. Other teams do not pick up points for a few games as we get players returning and keep going, it may change.

So if you're blaming injuries on our predicament, what accountability do you think Hamshaw and his coaching team have in relation to that?

[mellowmiller]

So if you're blaming injuries on our predicament, what accountability do you think Hamshaw and his coaching team have in relation to that?

Surely it can't be just a coincidence that the players have so many muscle injuries but I don't remember there being as many when Ross Burbeary was here before as fitness coach so what has changed?
I do remember Neil Warnock saying the training facilities were totally inadequate and successive managers have said something similar but surely the skill and competence of the physios must be also be a key factor in all this.
Does anyone remember when Dennis Circuit was here? He was brilliant at getting injured players back to fitness in the quickest possible time......just ask Lee Frecklington!

[Derbymiller]

Remember we don’t employ any full time physios

[ragingpup]

Remember we don’t employ any full time physios

You keep saying this but we advertised for physios last in November as well as July work jd saying the post was reporting to senior physio. You may well be correct, I'm just not sure how we know?